Free Patriotic Movement MP Alain Aoun stressed that the movement's series of talks with various parties is aimed at ending the political deadlock in Lebanon, reported the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah daily on Sunday.

Aoun revealed: “The FPM's meeting with the Mustaqbal Movement on Thursday however did not address issues of contention.”

President Michel Suleiman announced on Saturday that he will not discuss the government formation process during his upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia, reported the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Sunday.

It said that the president is seeking to distance Saudi Arabia from local Lebanese disputes by refusing to tackle this file.

Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel on Saturday slammed the Arab Democratic Party Secretary-General's statement as "terrorist," warning that Rifaat Eid's comments are "punishable by law."

“Supporting the killing of others is a criminal takfiri act that is punishable by law,” Charbel warned in a released statement.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati warned the Higher Relief Council's chief on Saturday that the “haphazard accusations” Ibrahim Bashir voiced a day earlier are punishable by law.

“What you said violates the law that stipulates you are not allowed to give any statements before taking a permission from your immediate superior,” Miqati told Bashir in an open letter.

Caretaker Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn denounced on Saturday the recent spying stations installed by Israel along its border with Lebanon, considering that the Lebanese state should swiftly resolve the matter.

“The matter requires the state to file a complaint against Israel to the U.N. Security Council and investigations to reveal the nature of the violation,” Ghosn said in a statement issued by his press office.

Arab Democratic Party Secretary-General Rifaat Eid accused on Saturday the Internal Security Forces and the judiciary of “torturing” suspect Ahmed Ali to admit that he had smuggled a suspect with links to the twin mosque bombings in the northern city of Tripoli.

During a press conference he held in Tripoli, pro-Assad Eid mockingly dubbed military prosecutor Saqr Saqr as a “hero,” saying he transferred Ali to the ISF Intelligence Bureau after he was tortured during investigation.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Saturday that talks are ongoing to determine the correct reference over the tasks that should be carried out by a caretaker cabinet.

“Any dispute is only over the right way to achieve the public interest,” Miqati told reporters after talks with Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea called on Saturday for reviving the nation's constitutional institutions, mainly the presidency, to hold effective elections next year.

Geagea called for holding “effective” presidential elections when President Michel Suleiman's six-year mandate ends in May next year.

President Michel Suleiman revealed on Saturday that he would meet with al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri during his visit to Saudi Arabia early next week.

Suleiman, who travels to Riyadh on a one-day official visit on Monday, is scheduled to hold talks with King Abdullah.

U.S. prosecutors have charged the son of the president of Suriname with terrorism offenses, saying he agreed to provide heavy weapons and a home base in his South American country to undercover operatives pretending to be with Hizbullah.

Dino Bouterse was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in a grand jury indictment unsealed in New York on Friday.